DOE OSTI · 3030381
Metastable‐State Photoacids with Fast Reverse Reactions
Abstract
Metastable-state photoacid (mPAH) has become a common tool for controlling and driving chemical processes with light. mPAHs with fast reverse reactions are desirable for precise temporal control or generating quick pulses of proton concentration. Here, in this work, different approaches towards fast reversing mPAHs are studied. Experimental and computational results showed that stabilizing the charge–transfer intermediate is an effective way to increase the rate. A novel mPAH with a reverse reaction ≈500 times faster than the most used mPAH in methanol is developed. Another water-soluble mPAH showed a reverse reaction with a rate constant of 7.8 s −1 , which is the fastest ever reported. The half-life of the acidic state is calculated to be 89 ms, which allowed to demonstrate sub-second switching using this mPAH.
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Abbood, Rana [Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL (United States)], Khan, Shahriar N. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000289138430), Liyanage, Pavithra [Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL (United States)], Wang, Zhuozhi [Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL (United States)], Bykov, Dmytro [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)], Bryantsev, Vyacheslav S. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000265016594), Liao, Yi [Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000282178202). 2025-11-07. Metastable‐State Photoacids with Fast Reverse Reactions. https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202500223
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